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12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon – sneak peek.4 – the embroidered dragons head

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Wooohoooo! I am so excited!

I finished the dragons head of my “12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon project! …and like always I took some nice progress pictures for you – enjoy! 😀

At the first picture you can see how the dragons head looks before I embroidered the eyes:

michael-and-the-dragon_08 …here a close-up picture of my Split Stitch embroidery for you:

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At the next picture you can see how the finished dragons head looks like (with the embroidered eyes):

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…and a more detailed picture for you. 😀

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I really love how the head looks like  – it’s great when a plan comes together… 😉

Best regards Racaire

PS.: If you would like to read more about the period 12th century inspiration for the design, embroidery technique,… then please read my first posting about this project:
12th century embroidery – Saint Michael and the Dragon